The closest cosmic explosion to Earth in the last 10 years became a record breaker for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI). The supernova, designated (SN) 2023ixf, was first ...

Thanks to observations using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), astronomers have managed to capture one of the shortest phases of a supernova's life — the ...

A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf stars collided, creating a temporary 'guest star,' now labeled supernova (SN) ...

Astronomers have managed an unprecedented look at the early stage of a supernova, a massive star's explosion and death, ...

Astronomers were able to capture the shape of a supernova for the first time in the earliest hours after the outbreak, observing SN 2024ggi in the galaxy NGC 3621 at a distance of about 22 million ...

The ESO's Very Large Telescope points at the exact position of the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, or "the expanding shells of a star that detonated twice," located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a ...

Citizen scientists have set a new record for the SETI Institute and Unistellar, comprising the highest number of observers providing data on a single event. Amateur astronomers conducted a ...

Astronomers Detect Brightest Supernova on Record A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham say they've identified the brightest supernova explosion on record, and it may be a previously ...

A new telescope image has shed light on the ghostly remains of the first recorded supernova. More than 1,800 years ago, in the year 185, Chinese astronomers recorded what they called a "guest star" ...

This illustration charts the evolution of the SNR 1181 remnant, from its creation when a carbon-oxygen-based white dwarf and oxygen-neon white dwarf merged, to the formation of its two shock regions.